What were you drinking in 2016 and other burning questions

If you partake in any holiday parties this year, there’s a good chance you’ll stumble across one of these three bottles. Fireball, a cinnamon-flavored whisky; Jack Daniel's, a whiskey famously from Tennessee; and Captain Morgan’s spiced rum were the top-selling items sold at Pennsylvania's state-run stores in the last fiscal year, according to state Liquor Control Board data.

Thanks to a glut of new products on the market, bourbon and whiskey have both experienced a renaissance in the last decade. Not surprisingly, "value-oriented" (read: Bottom-Shelf) vodkas are also big sellers.

Lower-priced wines still dominate the list this year, thanks in large part to the sheer variety of individual products they offer. For example, frontrunner Barefoot has seven individual items in the top 100 most popular alcohol products, including their versions of chardonnay, moscato and pinot grigio.

So far, it’s unclear what impact this year’s Act 39 will have, since the fiscal year ended before the liquor reforms took effect. One of a major fears of the labor union that represents state store workers is that the types of wine being offered by grocery stores and other new sellers will overlap with the top sellers at the state stores.

Here's the top ten brands of the year:

1. Barefoot, 4.8 million units sold, +13.3 percent

2. Sutter Home, 3.5 million units sold, -1.3 percent

3. Jacquin's, 3.4 million units sold, -3.3 percent

4. Captain Morgan, 2.8 million units sold, -1.3 percent

5. Bacardi, 2.7 million units sold, -2 percent

6. Smirnoff, 2.6 million units sold, -1.6 percent

7. Jack Daniel's, 2.4 million units sold, +0.9 percent

8. Yellow Tail, 2.3 million units sold, -8 percent

9. Woodbridge, 2.3 million units sold, +3.5 percent

10. Nikolai, 2.3 million units sold, -4 percent

Wallace McKelvey | WMcKelvey@pennlive.com

Liquor sales in the Midstate

Here in the Midstate, we tend to be whiskey drinkers—with one exception. In Dauphin County, home to the state capital, vodka sales top the list. Rum and cordials, which encompass liqueurs like Baileys, are neck and neck in a distant third place.

Wallace McKelvey | WMcKelvey@pennlive.com

Wine sales in the Midstate

Boxed wine, as popular as it is among college students and maintenance drinkers (and, okay, Christmas work parties), doesn’t top the list in the Midstate. Plain old red table wine is King, followed by white wine.

Wallace McKelvey | WMckelvey@pennlive.com

What was the rest of Pennsylvania drinking?

Overall, Pennsylvanians tend to buy red wine and whiskey in the largest quantities, with vodka running a close third.